Evie and friends

This week, Evie got together with Alex and visited Julie and Pumba. She also slept six hours in a row, for two nights in a row, but then she went back to her normal schedule of partying at the wee hours of the morning.

Alex knows some cool moves:


Sleeping (when she should have been awake, unfortunately):


She is getting good at entertaining herself:


Pumba was perplexed by Evie and talked back to all the noises that Evie was making. Julie said she does the same thing with their horse:

Reunion

Before:


After:

I guess she's not THAT bad: by Finchley

The other day, I jumped up on the couch to get some pets. Imagine my alarm when I realized, mid-jump, that Evie was there! Obviously I wasn't ready to get THAT close to her, so I turned around mid-jump and almost did a back flip to avoid contact. She's pretty cute, but I don't trust her yet. She makes lots of weird noises and her crying makes me run cowering from the room.

But when she's asleep, she's ok:

Snow day in London

Well, when you turn on the news here in London, the only thing they are talking about is THE SNOW! It has snowed about 8 inches today--the most snow since 1991. And that meant that Jim couldn't get to work (public transport was down)and Evie had her first snow day. We bundled up and headed into Hampstead Heath, where people were out throwing snowballs and attempting to sled on all manner of household item (from cutting boards to tupperware bin tops). Snow is a unifying substance in London and everyone seemed in a good mood (although on the news they're all complaining about how England is like a third world country because the roads weren't cleared and the buses weren't running and blah blah blah).

E's snowsuit (hand me down from a neighbor baby)looks just like her Ugly Doll (a gift from Joe T).


First outing with the stroller. She wasn't such a fan at first:


But she was asleep by the time we got out onto the sidewalk:


Ever paranoid, we had to stop and rearrange all of her layers several times:


The photographer in the snow:


Boys with a giant snowball:


The snow made it kind of hard to figure out where we were sometimes:


Family picture in the snow (Evie is represented by her stroller):


After the snow, we headed to the pub for a cold one and lunch. Evie had a strong milk.


...followed by her first trip to a book store:


Then she passed out on the couch. What a day! The tube and trains are running now, so tomorrow we will probably be back to normal (meaning, Jim will be back at work. It's bee nice having him home so much lately!)

More exciting times at the flat

Over the weekend Mom and I actually left the house. On Saturday we went to Borough Market and to walk along the river. It was incredibly crowded and COLD and we forgot our cameras. On Sunday we went to Spitafields, where it was even colder and starting to snow, but I remembered my camera! Here is Mom on Brick Lane:


And now....I bring you more Evie pictures! Jim, aka Super Dad, babysat all weekend while we were out and about and all was well when we got home (of course). He is also the best at giving Evie, who has a staph infection, her antibiotics. When I give them to her, most of them end up on my shirt and face.

Evie does not like getting changed. But sometimes she is placid and looks really cute during the changing process. Usually, though, it's a scream-fest.


It's best not to come between Evie and her food.


She's also very strong for a tiny baby. Here she is with her giant bottle. Grr...


After her appetite is satisfied, she can be very angelic. Plus she loves Aunt Kate's quilt:

Passport and Visa pictures

This is why babies shouldn't have to get passports:

Evie loves Daddy

Well, blogging has definitely gotten harder now that Evie is here, because when she is sleeping and hanging out with her Gram, I've been taking marathon naps (2 to 3 hours usually). Hooray for Mom being here! otherwise I would be functioning on about an average of five hours of sleep a night.

Anyway, Evie is definitely a Daddy's girl. Jim even comes home from work earlier now that she is here! And she loves to proclaim her love for him through her fashion statements.


Despite her late night antics, she is very cute (and even during the late night antics, although it's easier to enjoy the cuteness when it's not 3am).


We have discovered the wonderfulness that is our Kari-Me Sling. It works much better with a real baby in it (see trying to make it work with a stuffed animal in previous blogs)and Evie loves to be strapped in next to us. We DO look like Jedi warriors when we wear it, but this contraption is what is allowing me to blog right now and it's great for carrying her around the house and out and about.



This is the (much deserved) look that I get when the baby starts to cry and I hand her off to Jim.


Thug mama:


Evie's Nana and Papa sent her lots of cute presents and vintage shirts and snowsuits that Jim and Scott wore when they were babies. All wrapped in pretty bows! Here she is doing her best Aretha Franklin at the Inauguration impression.